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The DeanBeat: The best of CES 2022 as seen from afar

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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  • 7 min

Oh, my butt is sore from sitting so much. That was one of the hazards of CES 2022, which I covered for a second year in a row from afar, in the comfort of my own home.

At CES 2020, I walked more than 37.45 miles (over 84,385 steps) to scout for the best ideas and products of the show. At CES 2021, I walked about 20 feet to the fridge and 20 more feet to the bathroom and back to my home office repeatedly. And I did that again for CES 2022. Such is the consequence of playing it safe, for myself and those around me, while the Omicron variant spreads.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.